Josef Biedermann

Josef Biedermann (born 26 November 1944) is a former teacher and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1978 to 1993. A member of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), he served as the party's president from 1986 to 1987 and was the vice president of the Landtag from 1989 to 1993.

Life Biedermann was born on 26 November 1944 in Feldkirch as the son of teacher Franz Biedermann and Anny (née Manahl) as one of eleven children. He attended gymnasiums in Feldkirch then Vaduz before studying secondary education and biology in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1970 to 2008 he worked as a teacher of biology, chemistry, and biology at the Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium, and was also its rector from 1987. Biedermann was a performer of cabaret from 1964 to 1970.

He was elected as a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein in the 1974 elections as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), and then as a full member in the 1978 elections. In the 1989 elections, he was the FBP's candidate for president of the Landtag; he was vice president of the Landtag from 1989 to 1993. Originally intended to assume the position in the event of his removal as prime minister, he subsequently became the party nomination for the position once early elections had been called. The party lost the election to the Patriotic Union (VU), and Biedermann resigned as a government candidate. He was a member of the Planken municipal council from 2011 to 2019, and also the deputy mayor of the municipality.

As of 2011, Biedermann has been a member of presidium at the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) since 1992.

Personal life Biedermann married Josephine "Josy" Schöb on 6 April 1967 and they have three children together. Originally from Schellenberg, he has been from Planken since 1997.